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The new find was possibly 23 feet (7 meters) long and hailed from a mysterious group of dinosaurs called megaraptorans. They prowled across what's now South America, Australia and parts of Asia, splitting off into different species over millions of years.
Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh glimpse into life on Earth at a time when flowering plants were just beginning to diversify and spread around the world. ... read full post
The oldest known relative of lizards has been uncovered in the UK. ... read full post
Tiny bones locked in stone for millions of years have finally told their sad story.
The 150-million-year-old fossils belong to a pair of pterosaur hatchlings, both of whom appear to have perished in a spectacularly violent weather event, paleontologists have now discovered.
Last year, a Stegosaurus nicknamed “Apex” sold at auction for US$40.5 million. A juvenile Ceratosaurus fetched US$30.5 million just last month. ... read full post
Named Huashanosaurus qini, the new dinosaur species is estimated to have been around 12 m (39 feet) long. ... read full post
In the study, University of Reading researcher Jorge Avaria-Llautureo and his colleagues used statistical modeling and fossil data to reconstruct ancient environments and trace where the common ancestors of all modern primates lived. ... read full post
A museum in outback Queensland, Australia, has revealed a fossil pearl dating back 100 million years, a discovery described by scientists as one of the rarest of its kind. ... read full post
A fossil discovered in Patagonia shows a 3.5-metre-long reptile from the late Cretaceous with large, serrated teeth capable of slicing through muscle
Near the Syrian city of Afrin, an international research team, including researchers from the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment at the University of Tübingen, has discovered a previously unknown fossil sea turtle. ... read full post
The iguanodontian dinosaur, whose fossils were found on the Isle of Wight, was identified by Dr Jeremy Lockwood, a PhD student at the University of Portsmouth and the Natural History Museum.
Prior to Lockwood’s analysis, the fossils, which date back 125m years, were assumed to have belonged to one of the two known dinosaur species from the Isle of Wight.